The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 19, 2022
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
2:15 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.3° / 227.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.62° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 0.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.82° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.